Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

Sirach 27:20

Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare.
World English Bible